BSO/Classical New England — 2025/09/20

 This evening's "encore broadcast" is from February 8 of this year.

WCRB has a link to an interview with the conductor as well as a transcript of it: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2024-10-31/stutzmann-conducts-stravinksys-the-firebird 

Saturday, September 20, 2025
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast, French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut in a program that begins with Beethoven’s towering Violin Concerto, with soloist Veronika Eberle in her Symphony Hall debut. The concert continues with Ravel's Alborada del gracioso and the suite from Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird, a Russian folk tale of heroism, magic, and renewal that vaulted the composer to the forefront of modern music.

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Veronika Eberle, violin

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto, with cadenzas by Jörg Widmann
Maurice RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
Igor STRAVINSKY The Firebird (1919 suite)

This concert was originally broadcast on February 8, 2025, and is no longer available on demand.

Hear a preview of the program with conductor Nathalie Stutzmann by using the audio player above and reading the transcript below.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT: 

Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath at Symphony Hall with Nathalie Stutzmann, who is back here at Symphony Hall for the first time in quite a while. But now in a brand new role. Nathalie, thank you so much for a little bit of your time today. I appreciate it.

Nathalie Stutzmann You're welcome. It's a pleasure.

There  is a bit more in  the BSO's performance detail page, but unfortunately, the program notes for each piece are no longer linked. https://www.bso.org/events/stravinsky-firebird?performance=2025-02-06-19%3A30 

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Veronika Eberle, violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto (with cadenzas by Jörg WIDMANN)
-Intermission-
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (1919 suite)

French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her BSO conducting debut with German violinist Veronika Eberle in her Symphony Hall debut in Beethoven’s towering Violin Concerto. Ravel's Alborada del gracioso and Stravinsky’s ballet score The Firebird are both marvels of orchestral brilliance from the 1910s: Ravel’s one of his many Spanish-influenced confections and Stravinsky’s a journey through a Russian folk tale of heroism, magic, and renewal that vaulted the composer to the forefront of modern music.

All of it is standard repertoire, but my favorite is definitely the Beethoven, Even if you can't listen to the whole concert, at least give that a hearing.

There's a review in the Globe from February 7, but I can't log in: password trouble I guess. The Intelligencer has an informative and very favorable review. https://www.classical-scene.com/2025/02/07/eberle-stutzmann-cadenzas-in-consequential-bso-debuts/

It's all wort hearing.